<videovortex> A slightly less 'super' peer

[Dr. Strangelove]

Opps.

Three words,

intensification of conflict.

Dr. Strangelove
University of Ottawa
www.strangelove.com


On 30/05/2012 3:57 PM, Dr. Strangelove wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> With the integration of the Internet into the television system (or 
> vice versa) the commercial industry no longer becomes the sole source 
> for video content. The experience of television viewing becomes 
> agnostic towards the content's production-system-of-origin. Thus 
> audiences gain increased access to content that derives from the 
> margins of capitalism's ideological system.
>
> The theory here is simple -- it will be increasingly difficult to 
> control and influence what audiences watch. Audiences will engage 
> content that derives from the system's margins with greater frequency. 
> The ugly middle will still remain dominant, but more leakage will 
> occur with the ideological system.
>
> If this holds true what does it portend for capitalism and its societies?
>
> My thinking here is that the 21st television system will not simply be 
> more of the same but online.
>
> If the super-peer of capitalism faces more video competition from the 
> margins, what can we expect?
>
> I would summarize the answer in two words: intensification of conflict.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> -- Michael
>
>
> Dr. Strangelove
> University of Ottawa
> www.strangelove.com
>
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